Receptacle-cover



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REGEPTACLE COVER.

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Patented July 22, 1919.

Application led .Tune 15, 1818. Serial No. 240,109.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Dosirm H, MosT-.E1 .onn,

acitizen of the United States, residmget Oak Perk, Cook county,Illinois, have mvented certain new end useful Improvements inReceptacle-Covers, of which the following, taken yin connection with thedrawings, is e; description.

-'invention has forits object the roductlon of e receptacle coverthrough w ich access muy be had to the contents of the receptaclewithout removing the' cover.

A further ieet of my invention provide-convenertheatres' described,'which @vibe Invented, Qn remitentes' of variousszes and releaseblylocked thereto. In many locellties vendors yof certain foods andconfectons ere required by low to keepthem in covered. receptacles, endthe recel teclee now in use require the use ends in uncoverin andremoving articles therefrom.. It 'is e urthe'r object of my invention torovide a., receptacle forsuehf articles, and) particularly for 'suelrarticles es ice cream cones, from which the articles can be removedwith'one hand while; opening and closing the'cover to the ref.v ceteele. Vl'

y invention consistsi the construction "andlfnovel arran flment o partehereinafter desrn'ib'ed and ilustrated, and I wish toV be vumleretood ascontempleting'such modiceti-oneV and variations ae come within the scopeof the appended claims, and in these drawings: Y

Figure 1 is e side elevation of; a. l'ecepf' tecleffequipped' `with nyinvention: Firl Y 1s 'e cresseecton of the seme, teken on 2-2 of Fig. 1:Fig. 3 is ebottom plan viewA o the cover shown in Figs. 1 arid 2: endFigs. 4-V end 5 are respectively a. sideeleva.-

tiggfc-undjplenjview of a niodiied vform of nearing evice.l Refcrrlngto'these drawings, 5 is e. recep-` tacle having;i a circumferentialshoulder 6 near `t e upg, extremity thereof, :xsshown in Figs', 1terminating in n neck 6*, the receptif f cing of ny size suitebie forthe purpose gr which it is to be used. The" cover, @7, is a risk havingn downwardly extending. lenge, 8, on 'the periphery thereof, the.purpose of seid Hangq being to exclude 'tiny particles ofyforeignmetter. The cover,

fr, Ahesefexiopening, 9, therein, of eullcient` size to permit thepessugefof-the hond of e 4perron, end the articles desired to be kept inthe receptacle. Access to the contents of the receptacle may be hadthrough seid Opening Without removing the cover.

Positioned over 'the opening, 9, is n door, 10, hingcrlly or otherwisesecured to .said cover at 11. The outer end of the door 10, is turned ina-n upward direction, :1s shown at 12, to facilitate the raisingthereof.

0n the under side of the cover, 7, are rigidly mounted supportingmembers, 13, preferably of U shape, as shown in Fig. 2.

he locking mem ers, 14, are slidnbly mount-,- ed through o enings in thesupporting members, V13. hen extended, the outer ends, v15, of thelocking members, 14, are adapted tengege the lower side of thecircumferential shoulder, 6, thereby lookin the cover to the receptacle.When exten ed in out* werd direction, the locking members, 14, nre heldin suchposition by the frictional engagement between the ends, 14, ofthe lockm members, which are bent as shown in lleig'. 3,3e'nd the edgesof the supporting meml'S 1 The locking members, 14, are preferably4errenged at en oblique angle es shown in Fid, so that the outerendsrthereof will be in ter conformity with the under side of theshoulder, 6.

en the cover is to be `put in place, it is [Ille/ced upon the upper edgeof the receptece, the top f the receptacle being inside of the iiwnge,8, and the supporting members,

13, being inside of the receptacle. The door,

l.10, is then raised, so that the locking members may be adjusted. Thelocking members,

14'are'then extended. until further outward movement thereof isprecluded by the engag-'cment'of the outer ends, 15, with the rc-'eeptacle, under the shoulder, 6, and the frictional engagement with theedges of the supporting members, 18.

` *looking members being adopted to positively ln Figs. @L und 5 I haveshown e slightly mmlilied form of construction wherein I employ o rubberfaced roller i6 mounted upon the cud of the omgeving roller 14. Thisroller is provided with e lsongitudinul opening prel erubly between theexis und periphery of the roller us shown more particularly in F 4. Thedevice thus constructed is adopted for use with receptacles havingstraight sides, the temiency of the roller to turn forcing it closer tothe Well contacted therewith and at all times holding the cover inproper position.

I claim:

l. The combination with e receptacle havv ing n circumferentialshoulder, of a cover comprising :i disk having u downwardly extendingflange on its periphery, said Cover hoving un opening of relativelysmell size therethrough, e door positioned over said opening, andhingedly mounted on said cover, s plurality of independent supportingmembers mounted on the under side of sind cover; and a plurality ofindependent locking members adapted to positively engege seidcircumferential shoulder.

2. The combination with e receptacle heving a circumferentialShouldelyof n cover comprising a. disk having en o ening of relativelysmall size therethroug'; e door positioned over seid opening und adaptedto be closed by gravity; e plurality ofU shaped supporting membersrigidly mounted on the `under side of this cover; a. lurelity of1ndepeudently operating loc ing members ted on said supporting members,seld engage said circumferential shoulder and hold the cover in lockedposition with relution to the receptacle.

il. `The combination with u receptacle ha.ving` u circumferentialshoulder, of e cover comprising u disk having a relatively smell openingtherethrough; a door positioned over seid opening and movubly mounted onseid cover; e plurality of U shepedsupporting members, rigidly mountedon the under side oF said cover; e plurality of independently operatinglocking members slidebly mounted in sind supporting members, saidlocking members being adapted to positively engage seid circumferentialshoulder et their outer ends whenextended, and means for holding seidlocking members .inextended Y position.

4. The combination with a receptacle hevnig a circumferential shoulder,of a. cover comprlsm e disk having o relatively small opening terethrough; a. door positioned v over said opening und movebly mountedon said cover; a plurality of supporting members mounted on the `underside of seid cover; e plurality of independently operating lockingmembers slidebly mounted in said supporting members at each side of seiddoor opening, -seid locking members being positioned at en oblique angleto a. vertical line, end being adapted to be adjusted in positiveengagement with' said shoulder; and means on said locking members forholding said 4members in extended position by frictional engagement withthe edges of seid supporting mem-bers.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification.

. DOSIER H. MOSTELLER.

